More Australian universities dive into the red
First institutional accounts reveal mixed results, with many institutions weathering the Covid storm but some plunging into deficit
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UK study says block teaching boosts student grades
Plymouth research shows teaching through immersive modules improved marks by about 4 percentage points
Student evaluations of teaching ‘methodologically flawed’
Putting aside questions of sexism, racism and homophobia, Australian literature review finds that SETs are just poor science
Biden challenges universities to meet surge in training demand
Infrastructure plan poised to bring millions of new students as well as billions of research dollars
Biden proposes 40 per cent budget boost for education
Higher education priorities include racial and economic diversity, and science
Treating diversity as common good ‘less help for black students’
Students fare better when campuses frame equity as quest for justice, Princeton analysis finds
Polish pressure forces Holocaust historian to self-censor
Scholars fear threat of lawsuits is deterring academics from exploring Polish complicity in genocide
Bullying up: academic ‘incivility’ exerts heavy toll on deans
Senior scholars increasingly victims of gossip, muttering and insubordination, researchers say
Extra study time in lockdown ‘may have driven rise in firsts’
Universities UK and GuildHE say ‘unintended consequence’ of pandemic was less time for socialising, more time for studying
SDG badges for courses and students put sustainability at our core
Students want to learn more about sustainable development and feel prepared for the jobs of the future
